Rethinking Resilience in the Context of East African Pastoralism

EDITORIAL
Introduction: Rethinking Resilience in the Context of East African Pastoralism Shinya Konaka, Peter D. Little

RESEARCH ARTICLES
Does Livelihood and Asset Diversification Contribute to Pastoralist Resilience?: the Case of Il Chamus, Baringo County, Kenya, 1980–2018 Peter D. Little

Dynamics of Cultural Value of Non-Pastoral Activities among the Daasanach in East Africa Toru Sagawa

Resilience and the Mobility of Identity: Belonging and Change among Turkana Herders in Northern Kenya Greta Semplici

Reconsidering the Resilience of Pastoralism from the Perspective of Reliability: The Case of Conflicts between the Samburu and the Pokot of Kenya, 2004–2009 Shinya Konaka

Resilience through Adaptation: Innovations in Maasai Livelihood Strategies Jacques Pollini, John G. Galaty

Citizenship, Resistance and Animals: Karamoja Region Pastoralists’ Resilience against State Violence in Uganda Itsuhiro Hazama

CONFERENCE NOTES
How Many Spines Does a Cactus Have? Reflections on Oxford’s 5th Interdisciplinary Desert Conference (1–2 July 2021) Manannan Donoghoe

BOOK REVIEWS
Guillaume Blanc. L’Invention du colonialisme vert: Pour en finir avec le mythe de l’Éden africain. Diana K. Davis

Florian Köhler, Space, Place and Identity: Woɗaaɓe of Niger in the 21st Century. Sandrine Loncke

Editorial Saverio Krätli

ARTICLES

Scale, Landscape and Indigenous Bedouin Land Use: Spatial Order and Agriculturalsedentarisation in the Negev Highland Ariel Meraiot, Avinoam Meir, Steve Rosen

The Ghosts at the Feast: Contested Land, Settlement, and Identity in the Jordanian B Dīya Frederick Wojnarowski

Pastoralists and the State … and ‘Islamic State’ on Eastern Niger’s Frontier: Between Evasion and Engagement Florian Köhler

Economic Diversification Among Mongolian Reindeer Herders: Continuity and Change in the Tannu Uriankhai Girdle Nicolas Rasiulis

SPECIAL SECTION: David Attenborough’s A Life on Our Planet: Reflections on Pastoralism, Development and Climate Change.

Introduction Saverio Krätli
Animal Production for a More Sustainable Economy Günther Schlee
Mobile Herders and Sustaining Life on Our Planet Dawn Chatty
No Walking Away from Our Responsibilities Camilla Toulmin
Beyond the ‘Balance of Nature’: Pastoralists’ Alternative Perspectives on Sustainability Ian Scoones
The Limits of the Technological Era Bernard Hubert
Food Production Systems Involved and Evolving With Landscapes Fred Provenza
An Inspiring Film: Protect Biodiversity and Reduce Climate Change Adam Higazi
An Alternative View of Consumption and Impact Troy Sternberg
Legal Assistance to Pastoralists in Niger: A New Tool for Peace Serge Aubague, Sani Nasser Baré
Communications from the Field: The Tale of Two Gujjar Communities Anita Sharma

RESEARCH REPORTS

Covid-19 Resilience in Mongolian Pastoralist Communities Troy Sternberg, B. Batbuyan, Bolor-Erdene Battsengel, Enkhbat Sainbayar
Research Report: Effects of Covid-19 Containment Measures on Ethiopian Pastoralists’ Livelihoods Tim Bosch

BOOK REVIEWS
Dulam Bumochir, The State, Popular Mobilisation and Gold Mining in Mongolia. Shaping ‘Neoliberal’ Policies Antoine Maire
Samuel Derbyshire, Remembering Turkana: Material Histories and Contemporary Livelihoods in North-Western Kenya Greta Semplici, J. Terrence Mccabe

Methodological Mess: Doing Research in Contexts of High Variability

Methodological Mess: Doing Research in Contexts of High Variability Linda Pappagallo, Greta Semplici

Niglá: Methodology of Discontinuous (Im)Mobilities among Malian Kel Tamasheq in Bamako Giulia Gonzales

A Relational View of Pastoral (im)mobilities Natasha Maru

Flexible Epistemologies: Gypsy/roma Thinking and Anthropology Theory Stefania Pontrandolfo, Marco Solimene

Identity as a Lens on Livelihoods: Insights From Turkana, Kenya Cory Rodgers

The Mismeasurement of Cattle Ownership In Namibia’s Northern Communal Areas Dylan Groves, Venomukona Tjiseua

Commons Research and Pastoralism in the Context of Variability Jill Philine Blau

Socio-Technical Objects at the Crossroads Between ‘Universal’ Policy Models for Livestock Production Development, Local Practices and Dynamics of Change Sergio Magnani

Nomadic Digital Ethnography and Engagement Allison Hahn

Think Piece: Governmentalities, Situated and Abstract, in China Gabriel Lafitte

Afterword: The Infrastructures of Difference Solveig Joks, Liv Østmo, John Law

BOOK REVIEWS

Andrea E. Duffy, Nomad’s Land: Pastoralism and French Environmental Policy in the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean World Onur Inal
Mikkel Bille, Being Bedouin Around Petra: Life at a World Heritage Site in the Twenty-First Century and Alexandre Kedar, Ahmed Amara and Oren Yiftachel, Emptied Lands: A Legal Geography of Bedouin Rights in the Negev Dawn Chatty
Alun Thomas, Nomads and Soviet Rule: Central Asia under Lenin and Stalin Henrykj Alff
Samuel Derbyshire, Remembering Turkana: Material Histories and Contemporary Livelihoods in North-Western Kenya Greta Semplici, J. Terrence McCabe

Representing Wealth in a Changing Pastoral Economy: A Comparison of Traditional and New Metrics in Maasailand, Kenya Shauna BurnSilver

Mobile Phones for Mobile People: The Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) among Livestock Traders and Borana Pastoralists of Southern Ethiopia Dejene Negassa Debsu, Peter D. Little, Waktole Tiki, Sarah Anne J. Guagliardo, Uriel Kitron

Herders’ Territorialities and Social Differentiation in Western Burkina Faso Alexis Gonin, Denis Gautier

Higher Education Among Bedouin of the Negev: Tel Sheva as a Case Study Shaher El-Meccawi, A. Allan Degen

Role of Tibetan Women in Carbon Balance in the Alpine Grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau. A Review Zhanhuan Shang, Andrew White, A. Allan Degen, Ruijun Long

Moving in and out of Poverty: A Case of the Somali and Turkana of Northern Kenya Patrick Wekondi Watete, Wambui Kogi Makau, Jesse Theuri Njoka, Laban Adero MacOpiyo, Oliver Vivian Wasonga